Things to do in Elvas, Alentejo: The Best Cultural Tours

Cross the border into Portugal’s gorgeous neighbor to the east during this private full-day trip to Merida, Spain from Lisbon. Explore the culture and history of the Iberian Peninsula with a private guide in a group of up to six people. Visit the ancient city of Mérida, the castles of Estremoz and Elvas, and the biggest aqueduct in the peninsula. This tour travels through Portugal’s stunning Alentejo countryside, and includes roundtrip transportation from Lisbon.

Inclusions: Hotel pickup and drop-off, Private tour, Transport by private vehicle

Exclusions: Food and drinks

This comprehensive 15 Day Private Tour will provide our guests with the most Southern and Central Portugal and Spain has to offer in terms of culture, history, monuments and sightseeing. Our knowledgeable certified driver-guides will escort and provide all the information about the different topics related to this spectacular tour. The pick up will be at place in Lisbon designated by the guest. This tour usually takes from 6 to 8 hours each day and transportation will be provided using highly comfortable Mercedes Benz vehicles with WiFi onboard and bottled waters.

Inclusions: All taxes, fees and handling charges, Bottled water, Professional drver-guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Private tour, Transport by private vehicle

Exclusions: Lunch, Gratuities

This comprehensive 15 Day Private Tour will provide our guests with the most Northern and Central Portugal and Spain has to offer in terms of culture, history, monuments and sightseeing. Our knowledgeable certified driver-guides will escort and provide all the information about the different topics related to this spectacular tour. The pick up will be at place in Lisbon designated by the guest. This tour usually takes from 6 to 8 hours each day and transportation will be provided using highly comfortable Mercedes Benz vehicles with WiFi onboard and bottled waters.

Inclusions: All taxes, fees and handling charges, Bottled water, Professional driver-guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Private tour, Transport by private vehicle

Exclusions: Lunch, Gratuities

Cross the border into Portugal’s gorgeous neighbor to the east during this private full-day trip to Merida, Spain from Lisbon. Explore the culture and history of the Iberian Peninsula with a private guide in a group of up to six people. Visit the ancient city of Mérida, the castles of Estremoz and Elvas, and the biggest aqueduct in the peninsula. This tour travels through Portugal’s stunning Alentejo countryside, and includes roundtrip transportation from Lisbon.

Inclusions: Hotel pickup and drop-off, Private tour, Transport by private vehicle

Exclusions: Food and drinks

Enjoy visits Elvas, Evora (Alentejo Region) less than 2 hours drives from Lisbon and Badajoz (Spanish border city) only 10 minutes from Elvas. Affords a rewarding 10 hours Private Tour experience to discover the biggest fortified city in Portugal and Europe. Évora and Elvas are a Portuguese former episcopal city and frontier fortress of easternmost central Portugal. Elvas is among the finest examples of intensive usage of the trace italienne military architecture, and has been a World Heritage . Explores the historical town and visit Fortifications list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2012. After lunch cross the Portuguese border with Spain to visit Badajoz a city known for its Moorish historic quarter with the fortresslike Cathedral of San Juan Bautista. the Alcazaba of Badajoz - a Moorish citadel with fortified walls and verdant gardens and the 12th-century Espantaperros Tower Castelar. Your Private tour also includes a pick-up (8:00am) /drop-off (6pm) and driver/guide.

Inclusions: All taxes, fees and handling charges, Driver/guide, Private tour, Transport by air-conditioned minivan, Lunch, Hotel/port pickup and drop-off

Exclusions: Gratuities

Cross the border into Portugal’s gorgeous neighbor to the east during this private full-day trip to Merida, Spain from Lisbon. Explore the culture and history of the Iberian Peninsula with a private guide in a group of up to six people. Visit the ancient city of Mérida, the castles of Estremoz and Elvas, and the biggest aqueduct in the peninsula. This tour travels through Portugal’s stunning Alentejo countryside, and includes roundtrip transportation from Lisbon.

Inclusions: Hotel pickup and drop-off, Private tour, Transport by private vehicle

Exclusions: Food and drinks

Elvas was a meeting place for people and cultures. Our guided tour explores the remains in which Christians, Arabs and Jews lived in Elvas, the impressive bastioned fortifications - recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage -, the wonderful churches and the extraordinary aqueduct of Amoreira. There are more than a thousand years of history in one place.

Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, WiFi on board, Private transportation, Bottled water

Exclusions: Whatever is entered at the attractions, Lunch

Located close to the border, Elvas fought to maintain the independence of Portugal and its history. By doing so, it became an example for all mankind. Upon our arrival in the city, we are greeted by a magnificent Aqueduct extending a distance of 7 km and consisting of 843 arches, constructed by the same man who built the Tower of Belém, in Lisbon, architect Francisco de Arruda. It size and numbers are as impressive as what we will discover ahead of us. We have, in fact, just entered the largest bulwarked fortification in the world, with its defensive structures in the shape of a star that enclose a perimeter of nearly 10 km, which are a unique testimony to the development of military strategy up to the 19th century. The fortifications were very important in the battles with Spain for the independence of Portugal in the mid-17th century, and served as a base for General Wellington during the Napoleonic Wars in the early 19th century

Inclusions: Private transportation

Exclusions: Lunch

A walk through the history and heritage of the historic center of Elvas, a world heritage city, with a friendly view and close to the visitor. Minimum 2 pax

Inclusions: Adapted to DGS inidcations for Covid-19, use of mandatory mask, Official guide-interpreter

Exclusions: Entrance fees to monuments not included

This tour of Portugal and Spain is one of the very best you can take anywhere in Europe! We’ll provide you with an amazing view of these two brother countries, from their foundation to present times. A central and north-facing tour that links Lisbon to Madrid, passing through the Douro Valley. We will visit many famous villages, towns and cities like, Sintra, Fatima, Coimbra, Aveiro, Porto, Salamanca, Avila, Toledo, Merida, Evora. Along the way, we will come across many castles, historical and walled-in medieval towns, the heritage of warriors past struggles and the tradition of gastronomy and wines. In Portugal, sites like the Pena Palace, Tower of Belem, the Bones chapel, the Douro Valley, will take your breath way. In Spain places like the Cathedral of Salamanca, the Escorial palace and the roman Aqueduct in Segovia, the walled-in medieval towns of Toledo and Avila. In Madrid, you will be able to witness the joy and dynamism of the local natives, during both day and night times.

Inclusions: High comfort Mercedes Benz vehicles, Certified professional driver-guide, WiFi and bottled waters on board, Accident and liability insurance, All taxes included

Exclusions: Entrance tickets, Clients meals and lodging